The song lyrics were written by the band Van Halen, as they were asked to write a song for the 1979 movie "Over the Edge" starring Matt Dillon. The movie (and the lyrics, although more obliquely) are about bored, rebellious youth with nothing better to do than get into trouble. If you see the movie, these lyrics will make more sense. It's a great movie if you grew up in the 70s/80s you'll definitely remember some of these characters from your own life. Fun fact, after writing the song, Van Halen decided not to let the movie use it.
So
So
So
So
Seems that one night I would string to my sheets
Forehead is leaking, but hey she squeaks
And I'm lost in the clock, friend says you're gonna get tired
I'm dead as a pool and the walls are on fire
Soak my head in the sink for a while
Chills on my neck and it makes me smile
The both of them move and my skin's gotta breathe
You pick up the phone and I'm so relieved
You slide down the stairs and I hear you scream
The sun is laughing it's a slippery feel
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
With you, with you
It doesn't really matter how good you feel
Harmful breathes to the midnight meal
I pull down the the window as you point out the cops
Pull off your sleeves and I ditch my socks
Dancing to the songs with the cars in their bags
Went to the convoy, smell that trash
Walking around in our summertime clothes
Know where to go when our bodies go
And we'll breathe it down this morning bloom
With the purple young, and you're sleeping soon
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
Don't cool off, lay it all off
Let's see the sound of the heat from the sound of the rain
It's easy to sleep when I'm with my brain
You close my rest with a saccharin sheen
Kissing my wind through my window screen
The words are as close that I cannot hide
Too much on my mind, let's build outside
Do you wanna go stroll down and find a little stream?
My clothes are not soaked, but they're building sweet
And there's no one pushing for a place
As we act around an easy pace
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
So
So
So
Seems that one night I would string to my sheets
Forehead is leaking, but hey she squeaks
And I'm lost in the clock, friend says you're gonna get tired
I'm dead as a pool and the walls are on fire
Soak my head in the sink for a while
Chills on my neck and it makes me smile
The both of them move and my skin's gotta breathe
You pick up the phone and I'm so relieved
You slide down the stairs and I hear you scream
The sun is laughing it's a slippery feel
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
With you, with you
It doesn't really matter how good you feel
Harmful breathes to the midnight meal
I pull down the the window as you point out the cops
Pull off your sleeves and I ditch my socks
Dancing to the songs with the cars in their bags
Went to the convoy, smell that trash
Walking around in our summertime clothes
Know where to go when our bodies go
And we'll breathe it down this morning bloom
With the purple young, and you're sleeping soon
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
With the sun, you know I wanna get in
Don't cool off, lay it all off
Let's see the sound of the heat from the sound of the rain
It's easy to sleep when I'm with my brain
You close my rest with a saccharin sheen
Kissing my wind through my window screen
The words are as close that I cannot hide
Too much on my mind, let's build outside
Do you wanna go stroll down and find a little stream?
My clothes are not soaked, but they're building sweet
And there's no one pushing for a place
As we act around an easy pace
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
And I want to walk around with you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
Just you, just you, just you, just you
Lyrics submitted by Jack_Strife, edited by SnowIsGone, laurentertaining, NoahTheDuke
Summertime Clothes Lyrics as written by David Michael Portner Brian Ross Weitz
Lyrics © DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY
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I think the line "Foreman is leaking" should be "Forehead is leaking." Unless he's talking about a foreman taking a piss in his bedroom (which could also explain the pool in his bed...), it makes alot more sense that he would be sweating on a hot summer night.
i agree. funny comment.<br /> <br /> the change makes sense. props.
Now kind man, ever since when did this band make sense?
I think Foreman is meant to be talking about a fridge
I drove around in cirles listening to this song today. It's worth wasting gas.
he never says "love" in this song or anything along those lines, but no song has ever made me feel like the singer loves who he's talking about as much as this one does.
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some errors in there, these sound right to me:
sweet summer night and i'm stripped to my sheets forhead is leaking - my ac squeaks and a voice from the clock says "you're not gonna get tired" my bed is a pool and the wall's on fire soak my head in the sink for a while chills on my neck and it makes me smile but, my bones have to move and my skins gotta breath you pick up the phone and i'm so relieved
you slide down your stairs to the (?)eager/evenin'(?) street and the sun has left us with slippery feet and i want to walk around with you and i want to walk around with you and be here with you
it doesn't really matter i'll go where you feel (?)hunt(?) for the breeze, get a midnight meal i point in the windows as you point out the parks rip off your sleeves and i'll ditch my socks dance to the songs from the cars as they pass move through the cardboard, smell that trash walkin' around in our summertime clothes know where to go while our bodies go
and we'll greet the dawn in it's morning blues with purple yawns you'll be sleepin' soon and i want to walk around with you and i want to walk around with you
when the sun goes down we'll go out again (repeat 19283719023123124 times)
don't cool off, i like your warmth
Let's leave the sound of the heat for the sound of the rain It's easy to sleep when it wets my brain It covers my rest with a saccharine sheen Kissing the wind through my window screen But restless is causeless and I cannot hide So much on my mind that it spills outside Do you wanna go stroll down a financial street? Our clothes might get soaked But the building's sleep
And there's no one pushing for a place As we enter at an easy pace And I want to walk around with you (x2) I want to walk around with you (x4)
Just you, just you, just you, just you (x4)
BEST LYRICS I'VE READ IN A LONG TIME. whoa
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Don't cool off I like your warmth
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Sweet summer night but I'm stripped to my sheets Forehead is leaking, the AC squeaks and A voice from the clock says, "You're not gonna get tired" My bed is a pool and the walls are on fire Soak my head in the sink for a while Chills on my neck and it makes me smile but My bones have to move and my skin's gotta breathe You pick up the phone and I'm so relieved You slide down your stairs to the heated street The sun has left us with slippery feet And I want to walk around with you And I want to walk around with you And be here with you and go out
It doesn't really matter, I'll go where you feel Hump for the breeze, get a midnight meal I point in the windows, you point out the parks Rip up your sleeves and I'll ditch my socks Dance to the songs from the cars as they pass Weave through the cardboard, smell that trash Walking around in our summertime clothes, Nowhere to go while our bodies blow But we'll greet the dawn with morning blues In purple yards we'll be sleeping soon And I want to walk around with you And I want to walk around with you
For the chorus I've been hearing "And the sun goes down on the world again"
i don't know about you guys but i hear:
The restlessness call says that I cannot hide
and:
Nowhere to go where our bodies glow.
and finally:
As we meander at an easy pace.